In Ubuntu DisgruntledGoat reported:

The Ctrl+Delete action is too greedy, it deletes muc more than I expect and more than any other application I have used.

In gedit, it seems to delete all non-alphanumeric characters, plus the next "word". Normally this function only deletes one set of characters. For example, if you have the string:

..... aaaaa bbbbb

Then using Ctrl+Delete from the start of the line should only delete the punctuation and space. In gedit, however, it also deletes the set of a's.

Similar things happens for Ctrl+Left or Ctrl+Right - the cursor moves a lot further than it should.

Launchpad ref: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/389184

Thanks!